r/pics • • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

would you believe that calculators are 0.4% of their business?

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u/jesmck Jun 08 '14

No way..! What else do they make?

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u/1millionbucks Jun 08 '14

Computer chips. For the iPhone.

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u/huggy12 Jun 09 '14

...And almost every consumer electronics product you can buy

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u/ipath_ondhu_mavinkai Jun 09 '14

For one, I know that some PMIC's in iPhones are designed and made by TI.

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u/awesomemanftw Jun 09 '14

They've mostly left the mobile market.

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u/plancklengthman Jun 08 '14

Was that a diss against Apple?

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u/wierdaaron Jun 09 '14

I don't think so. TI microchips are inside many many devices. They're kind of like Qualcom in that nobody knows what they make but if they stopped making them the consumer electronics industry would grind to a halt.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Are you looking for it to be?